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Curie

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie.
Noun
  1. 1
    3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
  2. 2
    Acronym of compact URI expression. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

    "By using safe CURIE notation, where the CURIE is surrounded by square brackets ([ or ]), an RDFa parser can interpret the proper type of URI used."

  3. 3
    a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Curie.

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